Scott Oshiro is a Bay Area-based flutist, electronic musician, music researcher, and music technologist. As an African and Okinawan American, Scott’s creative and academic work combines musical elements from his heritage with Jazz, Hip Hop, and Afrofuturism. Scott is also an Asian Improv aRt 2023 Fellow and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics (CCRMA). He has performed at the Asian and Pacific Islander Cultural Center’s 2021 USAAF Festival, Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture 2023 festival “Sonic Memories” at the SF Lion’s Den, Bird and Beckett, the Brava Theater, the 2023 New York City Electronic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Berklee College of Music, and many more. He recently debuted his new ensemble, "Deciphering Broken Rhythms Collective,” along with their show, Afro Asian Futures, at the 2024 USAAF festival, illustrating the connections between music, technology, science, and culture.